You'd have a better chance of catching the train if you took a bus to the station instead of walking.
如果你不是步行而是乘公共汽车的话,那你就比较有可能赶上火车。
While she always criticized the fickleness of human nature, she carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to the end of her days,
她一方面总是批评人的本性朝三暮四,另一方面她又持之以恒地寻找一个理想的佣人。